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2004-06-07 Afghanistan/South Asia

U.S. Jets Hit Fighters in Afghan Cave Complex

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Posted by Frank G 2004-06-07 9:58:54 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pace Rudyard Kipling:

Bring out your imams and surrender
Or else you're alll gonna get slammed
Don't hide in the caves, they'll just be your graves,
You can't get away from JDAM!

Posted by Mike 2004-06-07 10:19:23 AM|| 2004-06-07 10:19:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder if Napalm would work better on caves. My P-38 pilot friend had a tough time with Japanese shooting out of caves in Borneo in WW2. They finally saturation bombed the cave complex with nape and all became silent. A ground examination showed that the napalm used up all the oxygen and the guys suffocated. Too bad napalm is outlawed. Bad move.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-06-07 11:15:14 AM|| 2004-06-07 11:15:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 IIRC - Napalm's not outlawed, nor are flamethrowers....just "insensitive". I'm sure some of teh others here can correct me if I'm wrong, though...

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-07 11:23:09 AM|| 2004-06-07 11:23:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't think napalm is formally outlawed, but it sure does set off the Euro-weenies no end. They have the same problem with cluster weapons. I think they have the same problem with anything larger than a pea-shooter.

Posted by Steve White 2004-06-07 11:42:07 AM|| 2004-06-07 11:42:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Flamethrowers have been replaced by the M202 Flash rocket launcher. They have better range than the old "zippo." (See the article here at Global Security; scroll down a bit to get to the part about the M202.)

We still have incindeary bombs, they just aren't called "napalm" anymore. See this article at G.S.

Posted by Mike 2004-06-07 11:44:20 AM|| 2004-06-07 11:44:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I wonder if Napalm would work better on caves.

The BLU-118 is already available specifically for this sort of situation. I wouldn't be surprised if one of those things dispatched ol' Binny.... :)

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-07 12:50:06 PM|| 2004-06-07 12:50:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 #2 AP, one MOAB or smaller version of the FAE (FAE)bombs will also suck the air right out the cavemen's lungs.

Posted by GK 2004-06-07 2:11:34 PM|| 2004-06-07 2:11:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 darn. That should hhave read: Fuel-Air Explosive.

Posted by GK 2004-06-07 2:13:16 PM|| 2004-06-07 2:13:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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